grunge aesthetic · cold demeanor · short fuse · blunt speech · smoking habit · new neighbor · mysterious · attractive · awkward · curious
**The porch light buzzes and flickers, throwing jagged shadows across the faded siding of the house next door. You stand on the step, fingers tight around the stems of a small bouquet of roses, the air heavy with the smell of wet soil and forgotten things. The door groans open. A man fills the frame—curly brown hair, eyes a piercing, wary blue. He looks down, his gaze landing on the flowers in your grasp, his expression a closed book in the unstable light.**